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May 15, 2002, 04:26 PM | #1 |
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Saiga Semi-Auto in 12 gauge
What experience does anyone have with the Saiga Semi-Auto in 12 gauge (or 16, or 410)? They "look" interesting, but I am curious as to the dependability of the piece.
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May 18, 2002, 06:03 PM | #2 |
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Saiga 12 ga.
Here is an old review. I think that they have a manual bolt hold open dvice and chokes now.
http://www.jpfo.org/siaga.htm |
May 20, 2002, 10:45 AM | #3 |
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Saiga 12 guage
Thanks for the link, I don't recall anybody doing a writeup in ay gun magazine on this piece.
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May 20, 2002, 11:48 AM | #4 |
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No one at TFL owns one? I thought we had a t least one of everything here...
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May 20, 2002, 02:46 PM | #5 |
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Saiga 12 guage
From the depth of knowledge I've read here I was sure someone would have rung one of these puppies out long ago!!
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May 23, 2002, 01:44 PM | #6 |
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for some reason, i find the .410 version tempting for $179
heres a wrinkle you could rebarrel it with a rifle barrel and shoot 45/70 semiauto! |
May 23, 2002, 10:13 PM | #7 | |
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May 27, 2002, 07:27 AM | #8 |
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G&A Magazine
Guns and Ammo reviewed Saiga 12 ga. ---Dec. 1998
Some guys on the --www.AK47.net bought them and like them. One guy stated it cycled faster than Benelli and was the softest recoiling shotgun he had tried. Here is a thread-http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/showth...ga+and+shotgun
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May 29, 2002, 09:32 AM | #9 |
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Gun Test review of the Saiga 12 guage
Got the latest Gun Test magazine yesterday and there, bigger than life, was a comparison of the Saiga 12 guage semi-auto versus (can't believe I forgot the name ) a magazine fed pump 12 guage. This same shotgun was talked about on this forum earlier this month. Oh well, bottom line, the Saiga proceeded to shuck the action cover off of itself early on in the testing. This is the same cover as on the top of the AK-47 version. That killed the testing right then and there as the Gun Test guys stop all activity with any piece that sheds parts (duhhh!) So, not a very good sign from what I can tell.
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May 29, 2002, 10:00 AM | #10 |
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Did the article say if they has locked the receiver cover in place? I presume they opened the mechanism at some point to look at the action. If so, and they didn't properly secure the cover, then I could see it popping up.
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May 29, 2002, 10:29 AM | #11 |
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I believe I read in on another board that they stated in the article that were not sure if the top cover was appropriately secured. So... I wouldn't give their review too much credence, if you are one to believe the gun rags in the first place. Didn't they also classify the bulgy makarov as being "unsafe to fire"? How many satisfied mak owners are out there? And I've never heard of any issues indicating they were dangerous to shoot. Sounds to me that the G&A guys spend too much time with their bolt actions and don't know how to reassemble an AK.
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